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thanks to npr we know about loads of unused spare change piling up as the nation stares down its debt. abc's jon karl explains. >> reporter: we took a journey to the u.s. mint in philadelphia for a lesson in how the government is losing money by making money. this is the presidential dollar coin. congress ordered the mint to make millions of them to honor every dead president but nobody seems to want them. they cost 32 cents a pop to make. the mint makes nearly 2 million of them every day. do the math. about 600,000 dollars a day to make them. because almost nobody uses these things, most go directly into storage. we found a bunch of them 100 miles down the road in a vault. here at the federal reserve in baltimore, the coins are packed into plastic bags stacked one on top of each other all the way up and down this aisle several aisles of them, millions and millions of dollars in presidential coins. federal reserve says they are piling up so quickly they are spending $650,000 to build a new vault in dallas to hold them. shipping the coins there will cost another $3 million. senator jac
thanks to npr we know about loads of unused spare change piling up as the nation stares down its debt. abc's jon karl explains. >> reporter: we took a journey to the u.s. mint in philadelphia for a lesson in how the government is losing money by making money. this is the presidential dollar coin. congress ordered the mint to make millions of them to honor every dead president but nobody seems to want them. they cost 32 cents a pop to make. the mint makes nearly 2 million of them every...
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because there are so view african-americans working at npr. she went on to say she has been treated much better by fox news folks. that's a brave statement. obviously she is angry with npr for mistreating her husband but gets specific on assessment. we believe mrs. williams is a patriot. juan will be here monday he has a new book about his experience at npr. looking forward to that. >> check out the fox news factor website. talking points memo each evening right there we would like you to spout off about the factor. oreilly@foxnews.com. name and town if you wish to opine. word of the day, do not be a barbermonger, when writing to the factor. again, thanks for watching. i am bill o'reilly. please always remember that the spin stops right here, because we are definitely looking out for you. >> good morning, everyone. today is friday, july 22nd. i'm alisyn camerota in for gretchen. did these two strike a deal or not? new details from behind closed doors on the potential debt deal that's already angering democrats. >> but the critics say let's not
because there are so view african-americans working at npr. she went on to say she has been treated much better by fox news folks. that's a brave statement. obviously she is angry with npr for mistreating her husband but gets specific on assessment. we believe mrs. williams is a patriot. juan will be here monday he has a new book about his experience at npr. looking forward to that. >> check out the fox news factor website. talking points memo each evening right there we would like you to...
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i'd worked at fox before i came to npr. and, you know, jon... >> jon: you thought you had proved to them at some level that you were not a bigot. >> i didn't think i needed to prove it. i've written... i wrote "eyes on the prize." i've win the well-received biography of justice marshall, the first african american on the court. i didn't think i needed to prove to anybody who i am. but i was stunned that they would... i said did you guys look at the entirety of the transcript? do you understand what's going on here? that i'm, in fact, challenging bill o'reilly. that i'm trying to say we need to affirm the idea that america's a place of religious tolerance even as america deals with what is the real anxiety over the link between arab extremism and terrorism. we have to acknowledge it. and to just say oh, it doesn't exist, can't say that, only allows those feelings to fester and then you have eruptions and people do wild and crazy things, awful things. did you hear this? no, nothing you can say, we don't want you to come in, w
i'd worked at fox before i came to npr. and, you know, jon... >> jon: you thought you had proved to them at some level that you were not a bigot. >> i didn't think i needed to prove it. i've written... i wrote "eyes on the prize." i've win the well-received biography of justice marshall, the first african american on the court. i didn't think i needed to prove to anybody who i am. but i was stunned that they would... i said did you guys look at the entirety of the...
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. >> stephen: now you are the host of npr's "on the media." and you are also the author of the new book "the influencing machine: brooke gladstone on the media." what is the influence magazine? is it this? >> yes, actually, it is. >> stephen: i am a member of the media? >> you are part of the influence magazine. except that there is no influencing machine. this it too is what i want to fight: the popular notion that the media are controlling our minds. it's really a mirror. what? no, i have control! i have control. clap for me, my monkeys. (cheers and applause) i believe the words you ear looking for "check and mate." (laughter) what do you mean? the media does not have... but that's everything that i shear that the media has control over the minds of its audience. we're all being brainwashed. >> well, the media are reflecting everything that we are as a people and as a civilization. and some of that is pretty disgusting. some of that is pretty shallow. some of that is trivial. some of it is frivolous and some of it is just plain mendacious. >
. >> stephen: now you are the host of npr's "on the media." and you are also the author of the new book "the influencing machine: brooke gladstone on the media." what is the influence magazine? is it this? >> yes, actually, it is. >> stephen: i am a member of the media? >> you are part of the influence magazine. except that there is no influencing machine. this it too is what i want to fight: the popular notion that the media are controlling our...
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but as first reported by npr, taxpayers haven't faired as well. is this program a waste of taxpayer money? >> the dollar coin program is a waste of taxpayer money. i think it's time to put a halt to this experiment. >> reporter: but ending it probably requires another law from congress. until then, the mint has five years and 20 presidents to go. lisa myers, nbc news, baltimore. >>> still ahead, the big showdown in washington over the debt limit. and the president's warned of potential catastrophe. so are lawmakers any closer to a deal? >>> and a sunday surprise for those dire predictions of carmageddon in california. >>> a little more than two weeks left until the u.s. treasury reaches its legal borrowing limit and the threat of the government being unable to pay its bills looms larger tonight. nbc's mike viqueira joins us from the white house. mike? >> reporter: lester, we're 16 days from a potential financial catastrophe. by all appearances it was a quite typical weekend summer day here in washington. the first family left on foot, setting out
but as first reported by npr, taxpayers haven't faired as well. is this program a waste of taxpayer money? >> the dollar coin program is a waste of taxpayer money. i think it's time to put a halt to this experiment. >> reporter: but ending it probably requires another law from congress. until then, the mint has five years and 20 presidents to go. lisa myers, nbc news, baltimore. >>> still ahead, the big showdown in washington over the debt limit. and the president's warned...
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with servicing the debt and, many tea partiers and many americans think we can cut out spending on npr and arts funding and foreign aid and that will take care of the debt problem and that is less than 1% of the budget, you have to cut the programs americans don't touched and the democrats keep swearing, oh, we'll never touch medicare and social security, well then we'll have debts and, deficits as far that's eye can see. >> michelle bachmann said she doesn't think we have to raise the debt ceiling. what are your thoughts. >> i'm very interested in the, because it doesn't make any sense. we have enough revenue coming in from the taxes, month-to-month, week-to-week, to service the national debt and pay social security, and medicare and medicaid. so i don't understand why our rating would go down unless the ratings agencies are trying to suck up to the democrats, on the other hand, i have seen some economists say, yes, it will lower our debt rating and will make -- it doesn't make any sense, because it is the equivalent of, you payer mortgage month-to-month and make those piloavements an
with servicing the debt and, many tea partiers and many americans think we can cut out spending on npr and arts funding and foreign aid and that will take care of the debt problem and that is less than 1% of the budget, you have to cut the programs americans don't touched and the democrats keep swearing, oh, we'll never touch medicare and social security, well then we'll have debts and, deficits as far that's eye can see. >> michelle bachmann said she doesn't think we have to raise the...
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>> he told npr he used to be so scared of flying he couldn't get on a plane, now he can't get off a plane. >> that is incredible. talk about getting over it by just getting on the plane. >>> now, next on this monday -- a boy falls 40 feet down a well and his dad springs into action. >> it ends all well. >>> plus, is it one of the greatest soccer matches ever? a huge comeback for team usa. >> fantastic match. >>> and what a cleaning crew found onboard a plane shocked even the tsa. we'll explain coming up. a plane shocked even the tsa. we'll explain coming up. [ male announcer ] it's simple physics... a body y rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation. plus, in clinical studies, celebrex is proven to improve daily physical function so moving is easie
>> he told npr he used to be so scared of flying he couldn't get on a plane, now he can't get off a plane. >> that is incredible. talk about getting over it by just getting on the plane. >>> now, next on this monday -- a boy falls 40 feet down a well and his dad springs into action. >> it ends all well. >>> plus, is it one of the greatest soccer matches ever? a huge comeback for team usa. >> fantastic match. >>> and what a cleaning crew found...
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we first heard about this on npr, and had no idea it was going on. here's abc's jon karl. >> reporter: we took a journey totohe heart of the u.s. mint in philadelphia. down long corridors, into oversized elevators and through doors, lots of doors, for a lesson on how to lose money while making money. it sounds a little bit like las vegas around here, except, the coins never stop coming. this is the presidential dollar coin. they're making them to honor every dead president, but nobody seems to want them. not even the one for rutherford b. hayes. rutherford b. hayes, hot off the press. literally, these coins are still warm. made of manganese brass, they cost 32 cents a pop to make. the mint can make 1.8 million a day. do the math. that's nearly $600,000 a day. because almost nobody uses these things, most go directly into storage. we found a bunch of them 100 miles down the road in a vault. here at the federal reserve in baltimore, the coins are packed into plastic bags stacked one on top of each other all the way up and down this aisle. several aisle
we first heard about this on npr, and had no idea it was going on. here's abc's jon karl. >> reporter: we took a journey totohe heart of the u.s. mint in philadelphia. down long corridors, into oversized elevators and through doors, lots of doors, for a lesson on how to lose money while making money. it sounds a little bit like las vegas around here, except, the coins never stop coming. this is the presidential dollar coin. they're making them to honor every dead president, but nobody...
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>> yeah. [ laughter ] i listen to -- >> jimmy: listen to npr. >> i listen to the music. like i got headphones on, i listen to my music and i'm just kind of relaxed. >> jimmy: what songs are you going out to? do you have a favorite one? >> i listen to all -- all kinds, man. >> jimmy: maybe ben e. king. maybe a little "stand by me" would be a good one. you could to that -- a little ben e. king. [ singing ] ♪ when the night >> jimmy: yeah. ♪ has come and the land is dark ♪ [ laughter ] ♪ and the moon is the only light we'll see ♪ >> jimmy: oh, come on! right there! that's what i'm talking about. [ cheers and applause ] my man, that was good. that was great! [ applause ] now when -- i got say this. the chuck liddell fight -- i have to bring it up, because this is insane. you got advice from randy couture. >> yeah. before that fight, like i'm always like nervous pervous before my fights. like, like, i wouldn't fight if i didn't get nervous. but that fight i was really nervous cause it was my first time really like stepping up to fighting a big name like chuck liddel
>> yeah. [ laughter ] i listen to -- >> jimmy: listen to npr. >> i listen to the music. like i got headphones on, i listen to my music and i'm just kind of relaxed. >> jimmy: what songs are you going out to? do you have a favorite one? >> i listen to all -- all kinds, man. >> jimmy: maybe ben e. king. maybe a little "stand by me" would be a good one. you could to that -- a little ben e. king. [ singing ] ♪ when the night >> jimmy: yeah. ♪...
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but voted present on the bill because it singled out npr. >> when we write a law and defund one organization doing something, we defund all organizations doing the same thing. >> read all about the yes, no, present vote on the facebook page. which some suspect he might rely on too much. >> many districting, his is up with of them where you have older voters that don't look at facebook all the time. >> going forward, more and more people will find it easy to do this and put explanation on facebook. i think i'm a trend-setter in the sense. >> so far, it's a trend of one. with the safe g.o.p. district at home and what they like is the performance in congress. he is free to continue facebooking away on the house floor. steve brown, fox news. >> shannon: many of you are hitting the roads this holiday weekend but have the high gas prices changed your travel plans? we take a closer look after this break. the more we loved it. took some wild risks when i was young. but i was still taking a risk with my cholesterol. anyone with high cholesterol may be at increased risk of heart attack. diet and exerc
but voted present on the bill because it singled out npr. >> when we write a law and defund one organization doing something, we defund all organizations doing the same thing. >> read all about the yes, no, present vote on the facebook page. which some suspect he might rely on too much. >> many districting, his is up with of them where you have older voters that don't look at facebook all the time. >> going forward, more and more people will find it easy to do this and...
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. >> we know your problems with npr and our problems because of that as well. do you think they would even do something like this? >> no, i don't know of any example where they've engaged in that kind -- obviously, they will stigmatize people by, you know, only giving one point of view but here, you have a situation with media matters where if you at all vary from some sort of liberal orthodox, you're in their cross hairs, they attack in a way that is intended to ruin your personal life, ruin your business. it has nothing to do with an honest debate. to me, this is the contrary of everybody who says, you know, we love america. we want to have a debate between left and right. let's get the truth out. here are where you're right on the facts and here's where you're wrong on the facts. that's not what's going on here. people need to understand, this is about ruining people and trying to take a company down to destroy a company. >> right. we'll have you on again. can't wait to talk to you about your new book "muzzled". congratulations on it. talk to you soon. >> th
. >> we know your problems with npr and our problems because of that as well. do you think they would even do something like this? >> no, i don't know of any example where they've engaged in that kind -- obviously, they will stigmatize people by, you know, only giving one point of view but here, you have a situation with media matters where if you at all vary from some sort of liberal orthodox, you're in their cross hairs, they attack in a way that is intended to ruin your personal...